The Xe-100 is a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor with a thermal output of 200 MWt or an electrical output of 80 MWe. It ...

Switzerland’s National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) will establish two new subsidiaries to be responsible for the construction and operation of the planned deep geological ...

Design and R&D of a megawatt lithium-cooled space nuclear reactor was the subject of a recent detailed article in the scientific journal SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica (v.54, Issue 3, pp. 365-376) ...

Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom has won approval from the local community or its plans to build a nuclear fuel fabrication plant near the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk (South Ukraine) following a day of ...

Heating up the second melter is an important achievement for our Hanford team and represents another critical step in our journey to safe and efficient tank waste immobilization and disposal,” said ...

A new publication in the IAEA’s Technical Report Series, Status of Molten Salt Reactor Technology, outlines the current status of molten salt reactor (MSR) technology around the world. It reviews the ...

Stick around in the nuclear industry long enough and you are bound to become a cynic. Many join the industry as starry-eyed ...

Rosatom said commissioning works are the final stage at unit 1. They include a set of configuration, monitoring and testing operations to ensure reliable and safe operation. “Another important task of ...

US-based X-energy Reactor Company X-Energy Reactor Company and Canadian power company TransAlta Corporation have announced a ...

EDF Energy said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had published its review of Heysham 2 power station’s operational safety following a visit by an Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) to ...

If approved by NRC, the licence renewal applications for the PSEG operated Salem 1&2 would be extended from 2036 and 2040 to 2056 and 2060, respectively. The licence for Hope Creek station would be ...

Munich-based start-up Proxima Fusion has raised €20m ($21.7m) in seed funding to accelerate its plans to build the first generation of fusion power plants based on quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators ...